Egg- Its Various Facets & Homoeopathy

Rising food prices are the real headaches for the politicians. Poultry feeds getting costlier, the raging bird flu in the current & past made the egg reach out of the masses especially the lower socio-economic group in 2025. The article traverses through the initiation of eggs for the masses in India. Thereafter discusses the threats like the bird flu. Moving on, it touches upon the use & metabolism of eggs in the human body. Further, it relates egg production to climate change. As the National Rural Livelihood Mission focuses on rearing hens for eggs, the article touches upon the positive aspects of eggs to influence rural economy. In the final section, the article deals with the therapeutic uses of eggs through the homoeopathic system of medicine. Egg is an important source of homoeopathic materia medica. Hence, the article not only focuses on the nutrition, economy & livelihood aspects related to eggs but also the homoeopathic therapeutics related to eggs.